"Um, is your injury getting any better?" Finally, Shu Yue found an excuse to break the awkward silence. However, his eyes kept wandering, avoiding that burning gaze from time to time.
He was both breathtakingly beautiful and irresistibly gentle. Shu Yue simply didn't have the courage to face Long Mo directly.
Noticing his deliberate avoidance, Long Mo frowned unhappily. As he knitted his brows, he reached out and grasped Shu Yue's well - defined hand. The scorching temperature made Shu Yue turn his head involuntarily.
"Why don't you look at me?" Long Mo felt nothing but unease and annoyance. Due to Shu Yue's indifference, he even suspected that Shu Yue truly disliked him.
"I am looking at you." Shu Yue tried to pull his hand back awkwardly, but the moment he withdrew it, Long Mo grabbed it tightly again, this time with all his might.
"What are you doing? Don't pull me."
"Shu Yue, in your heart, am I really not even a fraction as important as your father?" His eyes were filled with hope, yet also tinged with fear. He was afraid of rejection and dreaded hearing those heart - wrenching words.
"Long Mo, we're just ordinary friends. Shu Yao is my father. No one, including you, can ever compare to him."
The moment these words left his lips, a desolate smile crept across Long Mo's pale face. It was both bleak and ironic.
Sure enough, no matter what he did, even if he spent a hundred years of cultivation, he could never rival the fact that Shu Yao was Shu Yue's father.
He was just a passing traveler in Shu Yue's life, but Shu Yue didn't know that he was the one and only in Long Mo's.
The hand that was holding Shu Yue's finally retracted into his sleeve because of those harsh words. He stared at Shu Yue, with countless emotions hidden in his eyes.
"I know my words might be too direct, but I want you to understand that no one can ever replace Shu Yao in my heart."
Although he saw the disappointment in Long Mo's eyes, he still wanted to be completely honest with him, lest Long Mo continue to pester him.
"Stop it. Don't say any more," Long Mo's voice turned hoarse, perhaps due to the bitterness. The hand hidden in his sleeve tightened slightly. "You've said so much just to cut ties with me, as if we've never met before, right?"
His vulnerability was finally concealed by the millennium - old ice in his eyes. He frowned, feeling his chest tighten.
Even though he had such thoughts, Shu Yue still left a bit of leeway, thinking he was being kind: "It's not that simple. You saved me, and I should be grateful. I just don't know how to repay you."
"Saving you was my own choice. If you want to break off all relations with me, it depends on how you repay me for saving your life."
These words were neither too cold nor too warm, spoken extremely slowly and softly, yet there was a chill that unexpectedly seeped into the soul.
Shu Yue also noticed that the tenderness in those deep blue eyes had been replaced by a bone - chilling coldness.
Unconsciously, he felt a strong sense of oppression, but he still pretended to be calm: "Tell me how I can repay you. As long as I can do it, I will."
"It's very simple," a hint of cunning flashed in Long Mo's eyes. He curled his lips slightly, looking both cold and dangerous. "Your body is the best way to repay me."
Shu Yue angrily raised his eyebrows and suddenly stood up. "Don't even think about it!"
He never expected that one day he, Shu Yue, would be teased like this by a man. He was so angry that his face turned red.
"You said yourself that as long as you can do it, you'll do anything."
"But I never agreed that this would be included. This is absurd!"
"Absurd? Haha," Long Mo suddenly let out a series of cold laughs. His voice was soft yet as cold as ice. "I have something even more absurd. Do you want to give it a try?"
"What do you mean?" Shu Yue felt like he had become the prey of a greedy beast. The cold, predatory gaze made him involuntarily take a step back.
That look in his eyes was enough to devour him alive, leaving not even a single bone!
He was usually bold and fearless, but in front of this man, he always felt oppressed. Even if he wanted to regain his confidence, he was immediately intimidated by the man's powerful aura.
Just as he was about to take another step back, Long Mo suddenly grabbed his wrist and yanked him into a burning embrace. Before he could shout angrily, he was pushed down onto the couch.
The next moment, he opened his eyes wide in indignation and found that they were lying one on top of the other, and it was he who was shamefully pinned down!
This was simply a great humiliation in his life!
"Long Mo, what the hell are you doing? Get off me!" His eyes were red with anger as he shouted sternly, but the man above him just sneered disdainfully.
Long Mo's dark eyes roamed over Shu Yue's angry face. When angry, Shu Yue's more defined and angular features only made him feel a stronger desire to conquer and possess.
"Then show me how you roll off. I promise I'll follow you." His tone was full of unbridled teasing. With a wicked smile, he buried his head in Shu Yue's shoulder and neck. The firm chest was a fatal temptation to him.
"Get away from me! Don't disgust me!" Not only was he pinned down, but he was also being intimately touched by a man. These were the same actions he had once done to Shu Yao, and now they were being repeated on himself.
If Shu Yao found out, wouldn't it be a huge joke!
"Don't you want to repay me? As long as you satisfy me, I'll let you go. From then on, as you wish, we'll have nothing to do with each other."
Long Mo casually glanced at his whole body. Although his eyes were as hungry as a wolf and his possessive desire was growing stronger, he still didn't cross the final line.
"You're dreaming! I, Shu Yue, a man of seven - foot stature, would never do such a despicable thing with a man!" His pride was unyielding, and his eyebrows were full of aloofness. Every word he said clearly showed his resistance and disgust.
"Have you never done it with a man?"
"I..." Hearing this, Shu Yue was rendered speechless. Could he deny that he had never done such an immoral thing with a man?
But the truth was that he had already taken that irreversible step with Shu Yao.
"Forget it." Long Mo seemed to see through his confusion. He just curled his lips slightly and unexpectedly got off him, looking as calm as water.
At the same time, he covered his dull chest. The faint pain made him frown tightly. Shu Yue saw this clearly.
Even though he was angry about Long Mo's excessive behavior just now, seeing that his injury was not yet healed and remembering that he was injured for his sake, his heart softened involuntarily, and his tone became gentler.
Although there was still a hint of arrogance: "Hey, are you okay? Do you want me to call your brother?"
Long Mo just slightly raised his sleeve and waved it weakly. His voice was low and cold. "You don't need to worry about me. Just leave."